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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Ministerial
portfolios allocated
Helen Clark said that the government was renewing and refreshing itself for the third term in government.
2:
Eritrean
Flight Ban Forces Evacuation By
Road
Three United Nations peacekeepers who were injured in a road accident in the Eritrean-Ethiopian border area had to be evacuated over land in an eight-hour trip "under very precarious conditions" because Eritrea did not respond to a request to lift ...
3:
NEWSFLASH:
Cabinet Announcement Underway
A Press Conference to announce the new Cabinet lineup is presently underway at Parliament. Scoop will bring Audio and image coverage of the press conference shortly. In the meantime the major changes on the front bench include:Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
State
Dept. Daily Press Briefing October 18, 2005
DEPARTMENT Secretary Rice's Meeting with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan / Topics Discussed / Scheduling of Meeting
5:
Minister's
integrity in tatters from the start
"Finance Minister Michael Cullen returns to Cabinet with his integrity and his reputation already in tatters," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key
6:
Cheney's
Role In Plame Outing Under
Scrutiny
Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is trying to determine whether Vice President Dick Cheney had a role in the outing of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame-Wilson, individuals close to Fitzgerald say. Plame’s husband was a vocal critic of prewar ...
7:
Labour’s
lack of new talent laid bare in
reshuffle
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee has attacked Helen Clark’s reshuffled Cabinet as a “rearrangement of the deck chairs”.
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced tonight the result of the ballot conducted by the Labour caucus for positions in the Cabinet.
9:
Marc
Alexander: A Government at Last! Yeah
Right
Nothing in politics is so simple that it can't be misunderstood. The closed-door coalition shuffle is mercifully at an end. And did it take its time! We had an election over a month ago and we got what we least expected: a result that should have come ...
10:
Helen
Clark in Total Control
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that Helen Clark now has a vice-like grip on government, thanks to Winston Peters and Peter Dunne.
11:
Workers
And Unions Should Be Wary of New Govt
The new government is bad news for unions and bad news for New Zealand workers, Green Party Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford told the CTU Biennial Conference in Wellington this morning. "While New Zealand First presents a mixed picture ...
12:
Senior
Government Whip Steps Down
On election night I said the Labour team would fight to regain the Whanganui electorate for Labour. I intend to help lead the fightback and I will not be continuing as Senior Government Whip in the new Labour-led government, MP Jill Pettis said.
13:
Pics:
Futuristic concept from Hyundai shocks
Tokyo
17 October 2005 Immediate release Futuristic concept from Hyundai shocks Tokyo Hyundai has grabbed the opening limelight at the Tokyo Motor Show with a startling new concept for a crossover vehicle. Called the Neos III, the radical newcomer sports a big V8 ...
14:
Kiwi
Crowned World Miss University
2005
Not since 1983 when Lorraine Downs brought home the title of Miss Universe, has a New Zealand woman won an international beauty pageant.
15:
Public
Address 19/10/05 - Doing A Lot
Having noted Paola Totaro's love letter to New Zealand this week, it seems only fair to also acknowledge Douglas Davis's unintentionally hilarious account for The Spectator of "visiting Auckland the other week" and finding it "even more dour ...
16:
Plagarism
And the Maxim Institute
In light of recent statements made my the Maxim Institutes director, Bruce Logan regarding copying large amounts of the work of others and passing it off as his own in national newspapers, HappyClappingHomos would like to ask the Institute exactly ...
17:
NBC
and TV3 Extend Exclusive Licensing
Agreement
NBC Universal International Television Distribution and TV3 have extended their exclusive multi-year licensing agreement for the free terrestrial television rights in New Zealand to NBC Universal's current and library television programming
18:
Minister
Flies to Geneva for WTO
Meeting
Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton leaves New Zealand today to attend an important meeting in Geneva as part of the World Trade Organisation multilateral trade negotiations.
19:
Air
NZ Fashion Week: Insidious Fix
Images
Images from the Insidious Fix show at Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2005
20:
African
Ministers Gather To Discuss HIV Vaccine
HIV vaccine development topped the agenda today at a United Nations-backed meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, that is bringing together some 200 experts, including African and international scientists, representatives of research agencies, donors and government ...
21:
Burns
Interview With Utrinski Vesnik,
Macedonia
QUESTION: First I wanted to ask you about the next visit of our Prime Minister to Washington. What do you think will be the main message from Mr. Bush and from everybody there?
22:
The
Iraq Constitution: And They Call This
Victory?
The incompetence of the U.S. government’s policy in Iraq was demonstrated by this weekend’s referendum on the Iraqi Constitution. The Constitution, written by the Shi’a and Kurds, has passed, over the objections of many Sunnis. Yet it symbolizes ...
23:
Goff
names new Ambassador to Argentina
New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Argentina will be career diplomat Lucy Duncan, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.
24:
William
Pitt: Some Questions for Harriet
Miers
Appointing a person with no judicial experience whatsoever to the Supreme Court is by no means an unprecedented act. Indeed, some of the most influential Justices ever to serve never wore the robe before assuming that high seat. Earl Warren and William ...
25:
SBS
Documentary: Inside Indonesia's War on
Terror
This controversial SBS report which includes extracts from an interview with the former President of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid, points to the involvement of the Indonesian Military Intelligence and Police in the 2002 Bali bombing.
26:
Keepleftnz.Org
Declares Victory, Heads for
Bar
With confirmation of the left’s victory in the election, the creators of keepleftnz.org have decided to relocate themselves from cyberspace to the bar, awarding themselves a three-year drinking fellowship in recognition of their contribution to the LPG ...
27:
BFm
Audio: Noelle McCarthy IV With Rod
Donald
Today, the afternoon after what was clearly not a high point in the political history of the Green Party, 95Bfm News Director Noelle McCarthy interviewed Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald about the election 2005 coalition negotiations, their outcomes and the ...
"Incoming Health Minister Pete Hodgson has a huge job ahead of him in dealing with the health needs of New Zealanders" ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today.
29:
NZPA
Images Service Launches With Fashion
Week
The New Zealand Press Association, in a dramatic departure from its traditional role as the national news agency, has launched its photo and graphics arm, NZPA Images, to coincide with the start of Auckland Fashion Week.
30:
Corrections Confirms
Dismissal
Probation Officer Josie Bullock was dismissed today for breaching the Department of Corrections’ Code of Conduct by publicly criticising the Department’s policies for managing offenders.
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